1830 - Arrive 1900 - How to Find a Needle 1945 - Break 2000 - Estimates are lies, and that's ok 2045 - Finish **Estimates are lies, and that's ok** Lets talk about why that is, what we can do about it and why it isn't the end of the world. **Emily Delva** https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilydelva/ Emily is an Operations Manager with 7 years of tech-industry-experience behind her. Whilst she went to university multiple times for wildlife conservation/metagenomics - return to digital product/SaaS life was an easy ch ice for her. **How to Find a Needle** A practical guide to modern search pipelines and how you can implement them today. **Pete Cleary** [https://www.linkedin.com/in/pete-cleary-8628084](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pete-cleary-8628084) I’m a software architect and engineer with over 25 years’ experience building digital products. I’ve founded and run two successful technology companies and have also worked for Visa Inc. These days, I’m focused on the opportunities and challenges that AI brings, particularly around building useful, practical systems and understanding how we can apply the technology responsibly. I’m particularly interested in how we can use AI for the greater good in society. **Book Give Away From [Packt](https://www.packtpub.com)!** We have a number of copies of three books to give away: * [The Principal Engineer Handbook](https://www.amazon.com/Principal-Engineer-Handbook-outsized-principal/dp/1836203276/) (x3) * [Enterprise Vibe Coding for Agentic Engineering](https://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Vibe-Coding-Agentic-Engineering/dp/1808087399/) (x2) * [Distributed AI Systems](https://www.amazon.com/Distributed-Systems-practical-inference-production-ebook/dp/B0GN8NRVQX) (x2)

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